Learn about this topic in these articles:

sculpture

But of all this German work, by far the most interesting complex is in the west choir (
c. 1250) of Naumburg cathedral. Here, the desire for dramatic tension is exploited to good effect, since the figures—a series of lay founders in contemporary costume—are given a realistic place in the architecture, alongside a triforium gallery. Naumburg also has a notable amount of extremely...